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JONA THAN MELEY, OF TRENTON, TENNESSEE'.

Letters Patent No. 83,077, dated .October 13, 1868.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it mwy concern,.-

Be it known that I, JONATHAN MELEY, of Trenton, in the county of Gibson, vand State of Tennessee, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Grave- Mounds; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which Will enable others skilled inthe art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying draw-A ing, forming part of this specification, in Which the figure is a perspective view, partly in section, of a grave-mound, illustrating my invention.

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My invention has for its object to improve the construction oi' grave-mounds, so as to make them ornagrave is then surrounded with a row. of bricks, to form' layer, B, of hydraulic cement and sand, mixed together to the proper consistency. The layer or coating B should be about two/or three inches thick, and, before the cement has had time to set, the convex surface of the mound is covered with shells, C, which may be arranged in groups, or so as to form fanciful iigures, and which are forced into and embedded in the soft cement, so that, as the said cement hardens or sets, it `Willhold the shells C securely in place.

By this means, should the grave sink, the hardened cement and shells` Will retain their position and form, forming a permanent arch over the sunken grave.

Having thus described my invention, Y

I claimV as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patentv The grave-mound, when formed bycoating the raised portion A with a layer of cement, enclosed by the brick border, and covered with a compact coating of shells, C, as herein shown and described. JONATHAN MELEY. Witnesses: V

AO. GILoHRIsT,

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